I was born in Poonch (Kashmir) and now I live in Norway. I oppose war and violence and am a firm believer in the peaceful co-existence of all nations and peoples. In my academic work I have tried to espouse the cause of the weak and the oppressed in a world dominated by power politics, misleading propaganda and violations of basic human rights. I also believe that all conscious members of society have a moral duty to stand for and further the cause of peace and human rights throughout the world.

Saturday, February 09, 2013

Robert Scheer: America’s Global Torture Network

Demonstrators from the groups Code Pink and Witness Against Torture
protest last month against President Obama’s choice of John Brennan to
head the CIA.

The title, “Globalizing Torture,” says it all. This meticulous
accounting of the network of torture chambers that the United States has
authorized in more than 54 nations is a damning indictment that should
make all of us in this country cringe with shame.

The report is a product of the Open Society Foundations, funded by
international financier and philanthropist George Soros, who, as a young
Jew, suffered through the Nazi occupation of Hungary and emerged from
that experience an uncompromising fighter for human rights. That his
lifelong goal to “foster accountability for international crimes,”
reflected in his organization’s mission statement, now includes our
government is a condemnation as awful as it is deserved.